2019 MVPOLL (and awards predictions/talk)

thats bad

harden is a great passer but their whole thing is so screwy

its kinda funny how they almost won the chip last year via D tho

dont think this years team has the defensive talent to pull that off tho, hardens gonna have to hit those stepbacks

or get foul calls in tight games

yeah i think he shd just try to make the shots

its why someone like kyrie is more valuable in the offs cos he makes hard shots instead of foul hunting.

harden is perfectly capable of making tough shots tho he maybe just needs to focus on that rather than the foul hunting

his floater game is crazy.

I would disagree about kyrie being more valuable in the offs btw, harden didn’t have the luxury of playing with lebron

also let’s not forget that for all of his struggles they should have won the chip last year and he’s gotten better

like this step back stuff he’s taken to a whole new level

hes gonna have to prove it in "the playoffs"

I would disagree about kyrie being more valuable in the offs btw, harden didn’t have the luxury of playing with lebron

also let’s not forget that for all of his struggles they should have won the chip last year and he’s gotten better

― k3vin k., Wednesday, April 10, 2019 2:06 PM (three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

should clarify that i dont think kyrie is more valuable than harden in the offs, but that his skillset is more valuable during the offs

sometimes a player is just that much better though regardless of skillset or else the best nba player would be like otto porter or something

jeff green is the MVO (most valuable in the offs)

george over jokic for MVP is so cringey

yeah, shouldnt be a dpoy finalist either imo

pg was having a legit year but then fell the fuck off as per usual

prob would've helped had he not torn his rotator cuff

true

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Klay finally made one!
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also that top 3 is TIGHT

Is Eric Bledsoe really that good? He's never really jumped out at me but I haven't watched him too closely on D.

i would put jrue way ahead of him.

My gut would be to rank him last of those ten.

probably accurate.

only major snub i see myles turner

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only major snub i see myles turner

― but I can't let Trae do it I got Huerter on my mind (Spottie), Wednesday, May 22, 2019 2:20 PM (three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

these awards are always lagging hell prob get there next year

klay and bledsoe def the bottom 2 of those 10 defensively

klay's defensive metrics haven't ever been great, does his rep just come from eye test and narrative?

yeah but also hes really good at defense. idk why his metrics arent good. kawhis were really bad this year too.

his metrics arent good in part because he doesnt rebound much or force turnovers much which are the 2 easiest defensive contributions to quantify

which kawhi does both at an elite level, and yet.

kawhi is #235 in DRPM

whats the best defensive stat/metric anyway?

idk i look at a bunch of stuff but obv theres nothing that really matters the non-discrete-event parts of defense

*measures

u cant quantify basketball its mystical some might even say religious

best way is probably just finding as large as possible on/off samples

or summon a ghost then ask the ghost

wait is this voted on by media or coaches or both? coaches def know who the best defenders are

Klay doesn't make spectacular defensive plays but he is so fundamentally sound on that end mentally and technique wise. I never see a team or even player try to go at him.

feel like a lot of good perimeter defenders who also have substantial scoring loads spend a lot of the reg season coasting on the defensive end cause no one really has the energy, so u see kawhi or klay doing shutdown stuff in the offs that theyre not necessary doing all season

I think we can say for sure that Bledsoe is the shortest

I'm thinking him, CP3, and Mookie are the shortest guys to make All D?

this is solely voted on by media folk?? lame af

feel like coaches should def have a say in this

would solve a lot of problems if they just let the media coach the teams while the coaches vote on the awards

all groups player coaches media shd have their own awards wld be interesting to compare and contrast

^co-sign

I hear media opinions ALL THE TIME. They're not hard to find. Meanwhile every lil nugget of "insider" talk re: how certain players are discussed, gameplanned for, evaluated, etc from coaches and current players is treasured like a rare taco and devoured by me.